4 Nov 2022
MAO &ANOR v BUDDLE FINDLAY & ORS [2022] NZHC 2885
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2885
- Court
- High Court
Associate Judge Andrew's strike out and summary judgment were correct and not amenable to stay or set aside; the High Court has jurisdiction under s166 to grant an extended Prevention Order by interlocutory application where related litigation is live; the plaintiffs had repeatedly commenced multiple proceedings that were totally without merit and amounted to abuse of process; accordingly an extended Prevention Order restraining the plaintiffs from commencing or continuing proceedings against the first to third defendants on related matters was warranted for three years, and defendants were e…
- Strike out
- Summary judgment
- Prevention order (s166 senior courts act 2016)
- Abuse of process
- Access to justice
- Costs